Cape Verde national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) Crioulos (Creoles) |
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| Association | Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Lúcio Antunes | ||
| Top scorer | Carlos Morais (10)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio da Várzea | ||
| FIFA code | CPV | ||
| FIFA ranking | 58 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 57 (November 2011) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 182 (April 2000) | ||
| Elo ranking | 106 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 100 (26 March 2005) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 146 (August 1998) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Guinea-Bissau 3–0 Cape Verde  (Guinea-Bissau; January 7, 1979) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Cape Verde 7–0 Macau  (Macau; October 6, 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Senegal 5–1 Cape Verde (Mali; February 12, 1981) Cape Verde 0–4 Ghana  (Praia, Cape Verde; October 8, 2005) |
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The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol.
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[edit] History
[edit] Overview
The Cape Verde Islands became independent from Portugal in 1975. The national team's first international was a 0–3 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in the 1979 Amilcar Cabral Cup.[2] Cape Verde's football association was formed in 1982, and joined FIFA in 1986.[3]
Cape Verdeans abroad, who are more numerous than the population of the islands themselves, are a major source of players for the national team. Most of Cape Verde's current international footballers play outside of Cape Verde (mainly in Europe, but also in Asia), and some were born outside of the islands.[4]
Several players of Cape Verdean origin have chosen to play for other national teams. These include Eliseu, Nani, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos, and Silvestre Varela, who all represent Portugal, as well as Jacques Faty (Senegal), Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland), Henrik Larsson (Sweden), and David Mendes da Silva (Netherlands).
[edit] World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers
Cape Verde has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup or for the African Nations Cup. Its first World Cup qualifying campaign was the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, in which Cape Verde was eliminated in the first round after one draw and one defeat against Algeria.[5]
In the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Nations Cup, Cape Verde advanced to the Final Round after its first victory in a World Cup qualifier, beating Swaziland. In the Final Round, the team made an impression with its first ever away victory against Burkina Faso, but finished fifth in its group and failed to qualify for either finals.[5]
New coach João de Deus from Portugal brought in several new players from European leagues for the 2010 World Cup/2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers.[4] Cape Verde finished second in its group in the Second Round, ahead of Tanzania and Mauritius, but behind Cameroon, and did not advance to the Third Round. Cape Verde's top goalscorer of the qualifying campaign was Dady.
[edit] Other tournaments and notable matches
Cape Verde has two titles: It hosted and won the Amilcar Cabral Cup in 2000, and won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 2009 Lusophony Games. The team also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Lusophony Games.
For the first time in its history, on 2 November 2002, it faced a non-African team, Luxembourg, in a friendly, resulting in a scoreless draw. On September 4, 2009, it faced Malta in a friendly, resulting in an 2–0 victory. On 24 May 2010 Cape Verde played out a 0–0 draw in a friendly match against a full-strength Portugal.[6] At the time, Portugal was third in the FIFA rankings and Cape Verde were 117th.[7]
[edit] Achievements
- Amilcar Cabral Cup:
- Champions: 2000
- Runners-up: 2007
- Third place: 1995
- Lusophony Games
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1992 – Did not enter
- 1994 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – Withdrew
- 1998 – Did not enter
- 2000 to 2012 – Did not qualify
- 2000 to 2012 – Did not qualify
[edit] Squad
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the African Cup of Nations Qualification match against Liberia.
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[edit] Recent call-up
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[edit] Managers since 2003
- Carlos Alhinho (2003–2006)[8]
- Ze Rui (2006)[9][10]
- Ricardo da Rocha (2007)[10][11]
- João de Deus (2008–2010)[12]
- Lúcio Antunes (2010–Present)[13]
[edit] Past and upcoming games
Cape Verde 0 – 0 
Zimbabwe – Harare, Zimbabwe – 8 October 2010. (African Cup of Nations Qualifications)- Cape Verde 1 – 0
Guinea-Bissau – Óbidos, Portugal – 11 November 2010. (Friendly match) - Cape Verde 1 – 0
Burkina Faso – Óbidos, Portugal – 9 February 2011. (Friendly match) - Cape Verde 4 – 2
Liberia – Praia, Cape Verde – 26 March 2011. (African Cup of Nations Qualifications) - Cape Verde 0 – 1 Liberia – Paynesville, Liberia – 5 June 2011. (African Cup of Nations Qualifications)
- Cape Verde 0 - 3
Mali – Bamako, Mali – 2 September 2011. (African Cup of Nations Qualifications) - Cape Verde 2 - 1 Zimbabwe – Praia, Cape Verde – 7 October 2011. (African Cup of Nations Qualifications)
[edit] References
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/century.html. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ Courtney, Barry (5 June 2006). "Cape Verde Islands – List of International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaapv-intres.html. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Cape Verde Islands". FIFA.com.
- ^ a b "Foreign contingent boost Cape Verde". FIFA. 21 May 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=772955/. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Cape Verde Islands: Profile". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/teams/team=43850/profile.html. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=289370&cc=5901
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=192
- ^ "Cape Verde island coach Alhinho resigns". Reuters. ESPN Soccernet. 5 January 2006. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=354242&cc=5739. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "Ze Rui appointed Cape Verde coach". BBC. 3 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4968880.stm. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Cape Verde confirm identity of new coach". BBC. 22 November 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6172900.stm. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "De Deus New Cape Verde Coach". MTN Football. 22 November 2006. http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=14219. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
- ^ "Soccer federation unaware of national selection coach’s alleged exit". Asemana. 25 June 2010. http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article54057&ak=1. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "Lúcio Antunes tapped as new national soccer team coach". Asemana. 25 July 2010. http://asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article54902&ak=1. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
[edit] External links
- Cape Verde FA official site (currently out of order)
- Cape Verde at FIFA's home page
- RSSSF archive of results 1979–
- Cape Verde Football
- National Football Teams – Cape Verde
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